Tag: Reynold Xin
It’s Not ‘Mobile Spark,’ But It’s Close
On April 1, 2015, Apache Spark PMC member Reynold Xin wrote a compelling blog detailing plans to deliver a mobile version of Spark. It was all a joke, of course: Spark was a heavy bit of code designed for distributed sys Read more…
Databricks Cranks Delta Lake Performance, Nabs Redash for SQL Viz
Today at its Spark + AI Summit, Databricks unveiled Delta Engine, a new layer in its Delta Lake cloud offering that uses several techniques to significantly accelerate the performance of SQL queries. The company also ann Read more…
Spark 2.0 to Introduce New ‘Structured Streaming’ Engine
The folks at Databricks last week gave a glimpse of what's to come in Spark 2.0, and among the changes that are sure to capture the attention of Spark users is the new Structured Streaming engine that leans on the Spark Read more…